How to be Honest with Yourself - Daily Wisdom #20

When Life Moves Slower than Wanted

Welcome back to daily wisdom. We can accept slowness more easily when we have chosen it. A slow walk, a slow morning, a slow conversation. But when the thing we want is delayed, when healing takes longer, when a project grows slowly, when clarity arrives in fragments, when change happens unevenly, slowness can begin to feel like resistance. It can feel as if life is withholding something from us. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My blog⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

What Are You Saving Time For? - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to daily wisdom. We speak about saving time as if time were something we could keep somewhere. We say we gain time, lose time, spend time, waste time, invest time. These expressions are useful, and in some ways they are true. Time matters. It is limited. The way we use our days shapes the life we eventually live. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My blog⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

Not Everything is a Deadline - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to Daily Wisdom. This week, I would like us to explore our relationship with time. Because many of us know how to organize time, divide it, save it, optimize it, measure it. But we may have forgotten how to actually live inside it without turning every hour into a test. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My blog⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

The Peace you meet in Silence - Taoism

When was the last time you were truly alone? Perhaps the question troubles us a little, if the answer feels distant. But it is not meant as a reproach. No one is guilty for having adapted to a noisy world. We have simply lived in the world given to us, a world that has made distraction easy and silence rare. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My blog⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

Learning to Trust the Unknown - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to Daily Wisdom. There is a moment, when you enter a dark room, when you think you can see nothing. At first, the darkness seems complete. The shapes disappear. The walls, the furniture, the distance between things, everything becomes uncertain. You may stand still for a moment, not because there is nothing there, but because your eyes have not yet learned how to see in that new condition. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My blog⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]